Bell: Santa Clara County budget cuts threaten future for foster youth

Bell: Santa Clara County budget cuts threaten future for foster youth

Education is often called the great equalizer. But for young people in foster care, education is too often disrupted by instability, interrupted schooling, trauma and a lack of consistent support systems. At the very moment these students need more guidance, more advocacy and more opportunity, proposed budget cuts in Santa Clara County threaten to remove critical support services. This would be a tragic mistake. Cuts to educational support servi…